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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>The central concept of equalization is owelty – the pecuniary compensation decreed by the court to adjust inequality. Owelty is applied under the court’s equitable power.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>McKnight v. Basilides, 19 Wn.2d 391 (1943).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Carson v. Willstadter, 65 Wn. App. 880 (1992).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>RCW 7.52.440, Unequal partition – compensation adjudged<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>When it appears that partition cannot be made equal between the parties according to their respective rights, without prejudice to the rights and interests of some of them, the court may adjudge compensation to be made by one party to another on account of the inequality of partition; but such compensation shall not be required to be made to others by owners unknown, nor by infants, unless in case of an infant it appear that he or she has personal property sufficient for that purpose, and that his or her interest will be promoted thereby.<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bryce Dille<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 22, 2017 9:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv (wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com)<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Partition action<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can someone please cite me a comprehensive decision dealing with determining what the respective interests are of tenants in common in the property in a partition action where it starts out equal interests especially as to issues such as to what is the effect if one tenant in common pays the mortgage payment taxes and insurance while living on the property and the other had moved out of their own accord, no ouster. 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